And finally to #1, by managing editor Michelle Pini, who in January built on the earlier work of columnist Belinda Jones to remind voters why Peter Dutton was unsuitable to lead Australia. Well ...

Public debate often focuses on big decisions, elections, legislation, economic reform. Yet much of how society actually functions is shaped by smaller, everyday choices that rarely make headlines.

One of the Labor Government's constant challenges is getting the Australian media to fairly report their policies. This January article by outstanding former ABC reporter Alan Austin, including a ...

Dr Abul Rizvi has yet another Top 10 Story of the Year. This former Immigration Department head is now the most in-demand national media expert in this field. But first he writes for IA, including ...

Exposing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp as a news creation factory has been IA's thankless task for more than 15 years. This stunning February exposé by editor Michelle Pini about Sydney's Daily Travesty ...

When a leading Zionist calls six other Australian Jews "antisemitic" – and worse – over criticisms of Israel, the issues are deep. Hence this February piece, by those six, was so vital, well-received ...

"It's actually hard journalism, which says we'll work on facts. We may have perspective, but you'll notice everything is resourced and referenced in Independent Australia ... not baseless opinion." ...

A secretive branch of the Queensland Police has Big Brother's shadow looming over it, writes Chris Nyst. LAST YEAR, I learned something kind of crazy that I never knew before. A gentleman came to my ...

After spending the last few years pandering to the cult of Trump, Murdoch journalist Adam Creighton is now fully immersed in the culture of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) as its Chief Economist ...

The late Australian author Colleen McCullough was predominantly known for her novel The Thorn Birds, which was later made into a TV miniseries of the same name. (Photo, circa 2000.) When the book was ...

For the first time in our history, the number of asylum seekers refused at both the primary and appeal stages and still not departed exceeded 50,000 at end March 2025. The number refused at the ...